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Terry College of Business launches Women’s Initiative

By Matt Weeks

mweeks@uga.edu

Photos by Andrew Davis Tucker

Esther van der Knaap, a professor of horticulture in the Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics, left, and Pejman Rohani, a professor who holds a joint appointment in the Odum School of Ecology and the infectious diseases department in the College of Veterinary Medicine, joined the university through the Presidential Extraordinary Research Faculty Hiring Initiative.

Critical mass

Presidential Extraordinary Research Faculty Hiring Initiative builds on UGA’s Signature Research Themes

By Sam Fahmy and James E. Hataway

sfahmy@uga.edu, jhataway@uga.edu

Pejman Rohani’s research is inherently collaborative, and he says the number and diversity of infectious disease researchers at UGA creates an extraordinary environment for discovery.

“There’s probably only one other place in the United States that has the number of faculty who work in infectious diseases that UGA has,” said Rohani, one of five new faculty members who joined the university through the Presidential Extraordinary Research Faculty Hiring Initiative. “There’s a diversity of perspectives and approaches here, and I also think there’s strength in numbers—the critical

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mass is important for facilitating collaborations.”

Rohani, a professor who holds a joint appointment in the Odum School of Ecology and the infectious diseases department in the College of Veterinary Medicine, is working on grant-funded research projects related to pertussis (whooping cough), the mosquito-borne dengue fever, polio and avian influenza. His work uses mathematical and computational models to better predict and control disease outbreaks in humans and in wildlife.

The other Presidential Extraordinary Research Hires also align with the university’s Signature Research Themes of Inquiring and Innovating to Improve Human Health, Safeguarding and Sustaining Our World and Changing Lives Through

the Land-Grant Mission.

Karen Burg is a bioengineer who joined the College of Veterinary Medicine as its Harbor Lights Chair.

Seven of her inventions have been patented, one of which is the basis of a biomedical company that focuses on developing tools to help doctors quickly diagnose and combat breast cancer. Her research team also is finding ways to use normal, healthy cells to build replacement parts for bone or soft tissue repair.

Eric Harvill, the Georgia Athletic Association Professor in Medical Microbiology in the College of Veterinary Medicine, studies respiratory pathogens such as the bacterium that causes whooping cough. His lab is working to understand the interactions between microbial pathogens See INITIATIVE on page 8

UGA’s Terry College of Business has launched the Terry Women’s Initiative, a program committed to the recruitment, retention and advancement of students that aims to inspire confidence and advance students’ academic and professional goals.

Funded by a donation from Terry College alumna Betsy Camp, the Terry Women’s Initiative is open to all UGA students regardless of gender or major. By providing an array of resources and experiences, the program supports students throughout their college careers, from helping them choose and prepare for the right major to providing valuable insights on classroom engagement, the job search and more.

“The inspiration behind the

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Terry Women’s Initiative came from a 2014 Atlantic Monthly article titled ‘The Confidence Gap,’ which documents the fact that success in work and life is as much a function of confidence as of competence,” said Betsy Camp, who serves as president and CEO at DF Management Inc. “According to research, confidence comes from the lessons learned taking risks and leaning into opportunities as they present themselves. It is the mission of the initiative to be a resource so that every Terry woman has the confidence, as well as the competence, to reach her full potential.”

The program relies on the involvement of Terry students, alumni, faculty, staff and recruiters, who assist students in picking out their best-fit major, building classroom confidence, finding internships and succeeding academically.

See TERRY on page 8

SKIDAWAY INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY

National Science Foundation funds $5M Cape Hatteras study

By Mike Sullivan

mike.sullivan@skio.uga.edu

Sometimes called the “graveyard of the Atlantic” because of the number of shipwrecks, the waters off Cape Hatteras on the North Carolina coast are some of the least understood on the Eastern Seaboard. UGA Skidaway Institute of Oceanography scientist Dana Savidge is leading a team, which includes UGA Skidaway Institute scientist Catherine Edwards, to investigate the dynamic forces that characterize those waters.

The four-year project, informally called PEACH: Processes driving Exchange at Cape Hatteras, is funded by a $5 million grant from the National Science Foundation.

Skidaway Institute will receive

$1.2 million for its part.

PEACH will focus primarily on the physics of the ocean, but the information the researchers gather also will help scientists more fully understand the chemistry and biology, and may cast light on issues like carbon cycling and global climate change.

“Everyone is interested in the global carbon budget, and the effect of the coastal seas on that budget is not well understood,” Savidge said. “For example, many scientists consider the continental shelf to be a sink for carbon because there is a lot of biology going on and it draws in carbon. However, there are indications that the shelf south of Hatteras is both a sink and a source of carbon.

See STUDY on page 8

COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES UGA LIBRARIES Georgia Writers Hall of Fame to induct 5 new members Franklin College faculty member

By Jean Cleveland jclevela@uga.edu

Five new members, including the first African-American to win a Pulitzer Prize, have been elected to the Georgia Writers Hall of Fame at UGA Libraries.

For the second year, the UGA Libraries are encouraging Georgians to read at least one book by each inductee before the Nov. 7 ceremony.

“Book clubs and individuals responded so favorably to last year’s suggested reading initiative that we are again making recommendations to introduce this year’s inductees

to a wider audience,” said P. Toby Graham, university librarian and associate provost.

The Class of 2016 and their book selections are Bill Shipp, Murder at Broad River Bridge; James Alan McPherson, Elbow Room; Roy Blount Jr., Now, Where Were We?; Brainard Cheney, Lightwood; and Katharine Du Pre Lumpkin, The Making of a Southerner.

In his 50-plus years in journalism, Shipp has become one of the country’s premier political commentators, whose pronouncements and predictions are heeded by policymakers and activists at all levels of government.

Published in 1981, Murder at Broad River Bridge is a nonfiction account of the 1964 murder of Lemuel Penn, a black lieutenant colonel in the army reserves who, on his way home to Washington, D.C., was shot to death near the OglethorpeMadison county line by Athens members of the Ku Klux Klan.

McPherson, a short-story writer and critic, won the 1965 Atlantic Monthly Firsts award for his early short story Gold Coast. In 1978, he was the first African-American recipient of the Pulitzer Prize in fiction for his story collection Elbow Room.

See WRITERS on page 8

receives NSF CAREER Award

By Alan Flurry

aflurry@uga.edu

Jin Xie, an assistant chemistry professor in the UGA Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, has been awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Program.

CAREER awards are among the NSF’s most prestigious. The five-year grant supports junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholar and the integration

of education and research within the context of the mission of their organizations.

X i e ’s r e search is focused on advances in nanoJin Xie biotechnology, particularly the clustering of nanoparticles in biologically relevant structures that will lead to a

See AWARD on page 8

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Study: Online reviews have biases

A recent PLOS ONE study explored 14 million online, anonymous professor rankings and found that students are more than twice as likely to describe male professors as “brilliant” or “genius” than female professors.

These descriptions were also mostly given to professors in disciplines with less faculty diversity, where professors tend to be white males. While universities do not officially use these evaluations, they can be indicators of student perception and university environments, reported Inside Higher Ed.

LA to offer free community college

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announced the city will help fund one year of free community college for graduates of the Los Angeles Unified School District, starting in 2017. The city and the Los Angeles Community College Division agreed to split the total $3 million needed to fund the program, with hopes of making the “college promise” program permanent.

Tips to survive peak pollen season

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The peak pollen season in Georgia is from mid-April to mid-May, when levels recede.

Then the pollen comes back in mid-August.

During that time, cars are coated with yellow pine pollen, and allergy sufferers are stocking up on antihistamines.

The best defense against pollen for allergy sufferers is knowing when levels will be high.

Pollen.com forecasts pollen levels, ranking days from low to high in terms of allergens. Such predictions are useful in helping people with allergies plan their days.

Some tips for fighting the pollen wars are: • Removing your shoes prior to going into your house and using doormats to keep pollen out. Pollen attaches itself to just about anything, so it’s smart to take off footwear instead of dragging pollen throughout the house.

• Removing outerwear before entering the house if you’ve been working outside.

• Wiping off pets’ paws before they come inside and bathing them regularly since pets also are pollen carriers.

• Avoid opening your windows to air your house out because pollen will float right in.

Instead, keep the windows closed and rely on air conditioning. It’s also helpful to replace air filters every month.

Source: UGA Cooperative Extension

Why I Give Name: John A. Maltese Position: Albert B. Saye Professor and head of the department of political science in the School of Public and International Affairs

Georgia Fund 2016

At UGA: Since 1989 Beneficiary of his gift to the university: The Hugh Hodgson School of Music’s John Maltese Violin Scholarship Fund (in honor of his father), the Performing Arts Center, the Franklin College John Maltese Chamber Music Series, the School of Public and International Affairs and the Department of Political Science Why he contributes: “I could not have made it through college and graduate school without financial aid, so I know firsthand how essential scholarship support is for so many students. Giving back in ways that help students—from SPIA to the School of Music—is important to me. So, too, is the support of the arts, which I believe is an essential component of a great university and a great society. Finally, as a department head, I have seen firsthand just how dependent departments are on the financial support of others.”

To make your contribution to the Georgia Fund, please contact the Office of Annual Giving at 706-542-8119 or visit give.uga.edu.

UGA TEACHING ACADEMY

Symposium focuses on strategies for integrative teaching, learning

By Tracy Coley tcoley@uga.edu

Approximately 60 faculty members and administrators gathered in early April to discuss integrative teaching and learning at the UGA Teaching Academy’s 26th annual Academic Affairs Faculty Symposium.

Established as an institutional “think tank,” the annual event is designed to promote change and innovation at UGA. This year’s symposium focused on strategies and programs that promote integrative learning and knowledge. Participants focused on learning activities that broaden the student’s academic experience and explored how the university might ensure that students can synthesize and integrate the varied elements of their academic experience within and beyond the classroom.

Libby Morris, the Zell Miller Distinguished Professor in Higher Education and director of the Institute of Higher Education, served as co-chair and planner for the symposium, along with organizer Josef Broder, associate dean for academic affairs in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.

The topics at the two-day symposium, “Integrative Teaching and Learning— Within and Beyond the Classroom,” were prompted by the Experiential Learning Initiative, which is becoming fully developed and ready for implementation this fall under Linda Bachman, director of university experiential learning.

“Much work has already been done across campus to bring faculty, advisors and administrators together to provide students with unmatched learning experiences that prepare them for the future, but this initiative takes it to the next level,” said Pamela Whitten, senior vice president for academic affairs and provost.

Bachman gave an update to faculty on the progress of the Experiential Learning Initiative, including how an

Approximately 60 faculty across multiple disciplines gathered in early April at the 26th annual Academic Affairs Faculty Symposium to discuss strategies for promoting integrative learning and knowledge.

experiential learning transcript would look in physical form and the collaborative process that has quickly moved the initiative forward across all schools and colleges.

Working on the theme of cocurricular learning, faculty were charged with thinking about ways to help students capitalize on learning opportunities outside the classroom that complement classroom content. These opportunities would be available to every student and tailored to their needs and could include service-learning, internships, study abroad, undergraduate research or other forms of hands-on learning.

The keynote speaker at the symposium was Melissa Peet, director of integrative learning and knowledge management at the University of Michigan. She spoke about integrative learning that supports students in connecting, reflecting on and synthesizing knowledge and skills from all areas of life to become lifelong learners.

A panel of undergraduate students discussed how their study abroad, service-learning and internship

UGA LIBRARIES

Five undergraduate students presented with research awards

By Jean Cleveland jclevela@uga.edu

Five students received Undergraduate Research Awards from the UGA Libraries. Presented since 2007, the awards recognize excellence in library research and academic inquiry.

As part of the application process, students describe their research journeys, challenges and discoveries in short essays.

They also describe how the Libraries’ resources, services and personnel help them make their discoveries and explore new lines of inquiry in creative ways.

The five recipients are awarded cash prizes, which many past recipients have used to support further development of their projects and presentation of their work at conferences around the country.

The 2016 first-place winner in the first-third year category is Elizabeth Hardister for her research into developing accurate hurricane forecasting to more safely evacuate coastal health care facilities. Hardister’s faculty mentor was Curtis Harris, and her librarian mentor was Ian Thomas.

The runner-up in the first-third

year category is Gabrielle Stetcher for her inquiry into Victorian artists’ appropriations of Shakespeare’s Desdemona in oil painting. Stetcher’s faculty mentor was Dorothy Todd, and her librarian mentor was Caroline Barratt.

In the senior division, the firstplace winner is Brooke Martin, who described her project researching the history of reed organs and composer Stephen Foster’s music. Her research informed the new musical arrangements she created and performed at her senior recital at the Hugh Hodgson School of Music. Her faculty mentors were Jean Martin-Williams and Catherine Kilroe-Smith. Her librarian mentor was Kevin Kelly.

The two runners-up in the senior division are Andrew Disharoon for his research developing soybean that is resistant to mosaic virus, and Andrew Jarnigan for his exploration of the Sadrist movement in Iraq in which he used resources at UGA and at the Hoover Institution archive at Stanford University.

Disharoon’s faculty mentor was Wayne Parrot, and his librarian mentor was Elizabeth Holdsworth. Jarnagan’s faculty mentor was Kevin Jones, and his librarian mentor was Nan McMurry.

experiences impacted their learning and opened doors for other opportunities while at UGA and after graduation. A faculty panel discussed the development of the Experiential Learning Initiative and how service-learning, study abroad, CURO and internships are changing the culture of the university so that students expect a fully integrative experience at UGA. The provost concluded the symposium by emphasizing that experiential learning is a partnership between the students, faculty and advisors.

“People in units across campus have worked to make the experiential learning requirement a reality,” she said, “and our students are going to be uniquely positioned for success as a result.”

The UGA Teaching Academy was established in 1999 as a forum to discuss, celebrate and promote teaching excellence. This program is part of the Teaching Academy Campus Program initiated by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the American Association for Higher Education.

WOMEN’S STUDIES Ohio State’s Mollie Blackburn to deliver 22nd Coley Lecture

By Terri L. Hatfield tlhat@uga.edu

Mollie Blackburn, a professor of teaching and learning and sexuality studies at Ohio State University, will deliver the 22nd annual Andrea Carson Coley Lecture at UGA April 29 at 12:30 p.m. in the M. Smith Griffith Auditorium in the Georgia Museum of Art. The lecture, “Talking about Race, Religion, Sex and Violence in Relation to LGBT-themed Literature,” will follow a reception honoring the Coley family at 11:30 a.m. The lecture and reception are free and open to the public.

Blackburn’s research focuses on literacy, language and social change, with particular attention to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning youth and the teachers who serve them. She has received WILLA’s— Women in Life and Literature Assembly of the National Council of Teachers of English—Inglis Award for her work in the areas of gender, sexuality, sexual orientation and young people.

The Andrea Carson Coley Lecture, hosted by the UGA Institute for Women’s Studies, was endowed through a donation from Andrew and Kathy Coley in memory of their daughter.

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Digest Town hall meeting to be held April 28 for UGA’s new finance and HR system

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The College of Engineering’s Bingqian Xu, along with his collaborators at Ben-Gurion University, made a promising advance in the search for a replacement for the silicon chip.

Chipping away

UGA researchers use single molecule of DNA to create world’s smallest diode

By Mike Wooten

mwooten@uga.edu

Researchers at UGA and BenGurion University in Israel have demonstrated for the first time that nanoscale electronic components can be made from single DNA molecules.

Their study, published in the journal Nature Chemistry, represents a promising advance in the search for a replacement for the silicon chip.

The finding eventually may lead to smaller, more powerful and more advanced electronic devices, according to the study’s lead author, Bingqian Xu. “For 50 years, we have been able to place more and more computing power onto smaller and smaller chips, but we are now pushing the physical limits of silicon,” said Xu, an associate professor in the UGA College of Engineering and an adjunct professor of chemistry and physics. “If silicon-based chips become much smaller, their performance will

become unstable and unpredictable.”

To find a solution to this challenge, Xu turned to DNA. He said DNA’s predictability, diversity and programmability make it a leading candidate for the design of functional electronic devices using single molecules.

In the Nature Chemistry paper, Xu and collaborators at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev describe using a single molecule of DNA to create the world’s smallest diode. A diode is a component vital to electronic devices that allows current to flow in one direction but prevents its flow in the other direction.

Xu and a team of graduate research assistants at UGA isolated a specifically designed single duplex DNA of 11 base pairs and connected it to an electronic circuit only a few nanometers in size.

After the measured current showed no special behavior, the team sitespecifically intercalated a small molecule named coralyne into the DNA. They found the current flowing

through the DNA was 15 times stronger for negative voltages than for positive voltages, a necessary feature of a diode.

“This finding is quite counterintuitive because the molecular structure is still seemingly symmetrical after coralyne intercalation,” Xu said.

A theoretical model developed

by Yanantan Dubi of Ben-Gurion University indicated the diode-like behavior of DNA originates from the bias voltage-induced breaking of spatial symmetry inside the DNA molecule after the coralyne is inserted.

“Our discovery can lead to progress in the design and construction of nanoscale electronic elements that are at least 1,000 times smaller than current components,” Xu said.

The research team plans to continue its work, with the goal of constructing additional molecular devices and enhancing the performance of the molecular diode.

FRANKLIN COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES Study: Narcissism linked to sexual assault perpetration in college

By Leigh Beeson lbeeson@uga.edu

UGA researchers found a strong connection between pathological narcissism and sexual assault perpetration in a recently published study.

The survey of 234 male university students, mostly in their first and second years of college, found that almost 20 percent of college men have committed some kind of sexual assault, and 4 percent have committed rape.

The study was published in the journal Violence Against Women.

People who demonstrate characteristics of pathological narcissism have difficulties when it comes to relating to others, said the study’s lead author Emily Mouilso, a clinical assistant professor in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences’ psychology department.

Non-pathological narcissism, on the other hand, can be somewhat beneficial because it manifests in high self-esteem and makes it easier for people to shake off failures, study coauthor Karen Calhoun said, explaining that it’s what some researchers call the “healthy” form of narcissism.

“As we predicted, the aspects of

narcissism that we thought would be related were (related)—the lack of empathy, the entitlement aspects of narcissism,” Mouilso said.

What surprised them was the link between vulnerable narcissism and rape perpetration.

Vulnerable narcissists express high levels of self-esteem but are actually very insecure, Mouilso said.

The study found that men with vulnerable narcissistic traits were more likely to use alcohol or other date-rape drugs to incapacitate their victims.

Calhoun, a professor emerita in the psychology department, said that finding is especially concerning given the prevalence of drinking on college campuses.

In the field, there are two generally accepted pathways that lead to rape perpetration: promiscuity and hostile masculinity.

Mouilso explained that people can be high or low on factors in both of those tracks, but if a person has both of them together, it makes that person much more likely to perpetrate a sexual assault.

Narcissists feel a sense of entitlement to anything they want, something

that makes it easier for them to rationalize their aggressive and sometimes illegal behaviors, Mouilso said.

Many previous studies have used incarcerated sex offenders as their sample pool, which makes it more difficult to generalize results to other populations. Mouilso and Calhoun’s sample of college men is fairly representative of large Southeastern university male populations.

Often the view of college men tends to be an old-fashioned, “boys will be boys” attitude when it comes to acts of sexual aggression, Mouilso said.

“I just don’t think that that’s accurate,” Mouilso said, “so this research helps to shed light on some of the commonalities in the personality profile between men who end up in prison and men who are walking around because they haven’t been caught.”

The idea that most sexual assault perpetrators are strangers who grab women in dark alleyways isn’t accurate, Mouilso said.

“It’s less likely to be a stranger who jumps out of the bush,” she said. “It’s more likely to be someone you know like the guy sitting next to you in your intro psych class.”

OneSource is UGA’s project to launch a new finance and human resources administration system that is integrated, efficient, modern and supports a data-driven environment.

On Oct. 1, 2015, information was provided to the campus community regarding UGA’s commitment to proceed with a multi-year project to replace legacy finance and human resource administrative systems with version 9.2 of PeopleSoft, the financial and human resource solutions used across all institutions in the University System of Georgia, as well as by other state agencies.

A campuswide town hall will be held April 28 from 10-11 a.m. in Room K/L of the Georgia Center. This will be an opportunity for faculty and staff to learn more about progress to date and to ask questions about the OneSource project. Individuals also will be able to participate online via Collaborate if they are not able to attend the town hall in person at http://tinyurl.com/zsh2xq2 .

Faculty and staff are encouraged to attend the town hall to learn more about the OneSource project. Information can be found at onesource.uga.edu .

Athens veterinarians to participate in national service animal eye exam event

The UGA Veterinary Teaching Hospital will once again offer free eye exam screenings to service animals in May as part of the annual American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists and Stokes Pharmacy National Service Animal Eye Exam Event. The Animal Eye Care Clinic, located in Five Points, will also participate in the program.

Eligible service animals include certified guide, handicapped assistance, detection, military, search and rescue, and therapy animals. Preregistration with the ACVO is required and is open through April 30 at www.ACVOeyeexam.org. The screenings will take place during May. During the exams, veterinary ophthalmologists will use specialized equipment and their expertise to look for problems such as cataracts, corneal problems and eyelid and retinal diseases.

To qualify for the exam, service animals must be “active working animals” certified by a formal training program or organization or currently enrolled in a formal training program. At the appointment, owners/agents must present current certification paperwork as well as a copy of the program’s confirmation email.

UGA Honors student receives Carnegie Junior Research Fellowship

UGA Honors student Bert Thompson Jr. has been awarded a Carnegie Junior Research Fellowship, becoming one of just 14 young scholars from across the nation to join the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace as a research assistant.

Thompson, who is from Macon, is expected to graduate in May with a double major in international affairs from the UGA School of Public and International Affairs and history from the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences. His fellowship will center on nuclear nonproliferation, a subject that has surrounded his coursework and experiential learning at UGA. A recipient of the Foundation Fellowship, UGA’s premier academic scholarship, Thompson worked as a research intern at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies in Washington, D.C., and studied at the Hertog War Studies Program in Washington, D.C.; the Center for the Study of Global Issues in Verona, Italy; and the UGA at Oxford program.

The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace offers one-year fellowships to graduating seniors or recent graduates to work as research assistants to the endowment’s senior associates.

Fellows are chosen from a pool of nearly 400 applicants from participating universities.

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Digest Reception for new UGA retirees planned

The Office of the President, the Office of the Provost and the UGA Retirees Association will host a May 5 reception for UGA faculty, staff and administrators who retired between May 2015 and April 2016.

The new retirees, who were mailed invitations to the event, will be presented with certificates thanking them for their service to the university.

“The annual reception for new retirees is a longstanding tradition at UGA,” said UGARA President Tom Lauth. “The UGARA Council is grateful for the support of President Morehead and Provost Whitten to make this a special occasion.”

The keynote speaker for the event will be Pat Allen, who served as UGA’s director of community relations from 2003 until his retirement in June 2015.

Allen previously had worked for C&S Bank for 26 years.

Information will be available at the reception about UGARA, which includes all UGA retirees— faculty, staff and administrators—who become members when they officially retire from the university.

UGARA is governed by a council that consists of elected members who serve three-year terms.

The council members for 2015-2016, in addition to Lauth, have included Mark Eason, vice president; Sharron Thompson, secretary; Tommy Altman, treasurer; plus Ruth Bettandorff, Freda Scott Giles, Sharron Hannon, Ed Kanemasu, Paul Kurtz and Tom Landrum. Former UGARA president Brahm Verma served this past year as UGA’s representative to the University System of Georgia Retiree Council.

Eason will succeed Lauth as president of the council for 2016-2017. Incoming council members include Jim Cobb, Tom Eaton and Nancy McDuff, who will succeed council members who have completed their service. Laura Dowd will fill the unexpired term of Ruth Bettandorff, who stepped down after moving out of the local area.

For more information about UGARA, see ugara.uga.edu or visit the UGARA Facebook page.

Temporary fencing stays up around North Campus lawn restoration project

To protect the newly planted grass now taking root in portions on the North Campus lawn, temporary fencing will remain in place until approximately June 15.

The North Campus Quad turf restoration project, supported by a partnership with UGA and the UGA Athletic Association, aims to enhance the lawn, which was suffering from compacted soil and poor drainage.

In recent weeks, sod was planted on two sections of the quad as part of the project. Those sections will remain closed to pedestrian traffic until the sod is established.

Future phases of the project will include restoring the remainder of the North Quad lawn as well as the South Quad lawn. Scheduling for those phases has not been finalized, but will be planned to have a minimal impact on campus.

The restoration project is not expected to interfere with football tailgating activities in the fall.

Three UGA athletic teams recognized

by NCAA for academic excellence

Three UGA varsity sports teams have been publicly recognized by the NCAA for outstanding achievement in the annual NCAA Academic Progress Rate report.

The recognition honors teams that scored in the top 10 percent of all teams across the country in each sport. Both the men’s and women’s cross country teams and the women’s swimming and diving team scored a perfect 1000.

“We have a commitment to both the academic and athletic missions of the Athletic Association,” said Greg McGarity, the J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics at UGA. “Congratulations go to these three teams cited for academic achievement, which provides a great point of pride for the Athletic Association and the university.”

The APR provides a real-time look at a team’s academic success each semester by tracking the academic progress of each student-athlete on scholarship. The APR accounts for eligibility, retention and graduation and provides a measure of each team’s academic performance.

DIVISION OF DEVELOPMENT AND ALUMNI RELATIONS

Six honored by Alumni Association

By Elizabeth Elmore eelmore@uga.edu

The UGA Alumni Association presented awards to alumni, friends ­ and former faculty April 15 during its 79th annual Alumni Awards Luncheon.

The second Young Alumni Award was presented to Christie Haynes. This award is given to alumni who earned a degree in the past 10 years, have embodied the Pillars of the Arch (principles which guide the behavior of members of the UGA community) and provided notable service to the university.

Within two years of graduating from UGA in 2010, Haynes became the youngest president of a Georgia chamber of commerce and continues to lead as the president and CEO of the Dawson County Chamber of Commerce and Office of Tourism Development. She is a 2012 UGA 40 Under 40 honoree and is a past president of the School of Public and International Affairs Alumni Board.

Larry D. and Brenda A. ThompChristie Haynes son received the 2016 Friend of UGA Award, which is given to non-UGA graduates whose professional or public service has greatly assisted the university.

Though neither of the Thompsons attended UGA, the couple has given generously to the flagship university of the state in which they have lived for 30 years. Brenda is a former clinical school psychologist for Atlanta Public Schools, and Larry is a former deputy attorney general for the U.S. Department of Justice. He now holds the John A. Sibley Chair of Corporate and Business Law in the UGA School of Law. The Thompsons have collected one of the largest private collections of art created by African-Americans, focusing on pieces by lesser-known artists. Since 2012, they have donated more than

Larry Thompson

Brenda Thompson

100 works of art to the Georgia Museum of Art at UGA and endowed a full-time curatorial position. Larry is an emeritus trustee of the UGA Foundation.

Karen A. Holbrook received the 2016 Faculty Service Award. First presented in 1969, the award recognizes current or former UGA faculty and staff who have distinguished themselves in service to the university.

Holbrook served as UGA’s senior vice president for academic affairs and provost from 1998 to 2002. During her time in Athens, she advocated for new programs in the biomedical and health sciences, which eventually led to the creation of UGA’s College of Public Health. She also funded programs that provided research services to minority undergraduate students and created the position of associate provost for institutional diversity.

In 2002, Holbrook departed Karen Holbrook UGA to become the first female president of Ohio State University. She is now a higher education consultant and senior adviser to the president of the University of South Florida. Last fall, Holbrook and her husband, Jim, established the Karen and Jim Holbrook Distinguished Professorship in the College of Public Health and endowed a fellowship to support graduate students pursuing careers related to global health.

The Alumni Merit Award, the UGA Alumni Association’s oldest honor, was

presented to Henry D. “Greg” Gregory Jr. and Saxby Chambliss.

Gregory founded Industrial Development International in Atlanta in 1989. He retired as president and CEO in 2007, having built the company into one of the largest industrial developers in the nation and one of the top industrial landowners in Atlanta.

Throughout their marriage,Greg and his wife, Amanda, have shared an interest in American history and its preservation for future generations. After attending a history class at UGA in 2010, the couple decided to invest in the future of the history department, establishing the Amanda and Greg Gregory Henry Gregory Chair in the Civil War Era and providing additional financial support for Civil War research on campus.

Chambliss graduated from UGA in 1966 with a Bachelor of Business Administration. In 1994, the alumnus was first elected to Congress and went on to serve four terms in the U.S. House of Representatives and two terms in the U.S. Senate. He retired as Georgia’s senior senator in 2014.

Recently, Chambliss established the Senator Saxby Chambliss Leadership Forum to increase students’ exposure to domestic and international politics. The forum comprises three parts: Chambliss serving as the UGA School of Law’s Sanders Political Leadership Scholar, his holding a lecture series for undergraduate students on public policy and the establishment of the Chambliss Saxby Chambliss Fellows Program to send five students each semester to participate in UGA’s Washington Semester Program.

PUBLIC SERVICE AND OUTREACH

2015-2016 Public Service and Outreach Fellows

Professor helps rural communities with health

Plant biologist builds bridge between academics, service

By Christopher James

By Christopher James

Henry Young wants to make the UGA College of Pharmacy a fixture in communities across Georgia.

The Kroger Associate Professor in Community Pharmacy got involved with the Archway Partnership, a public service and outreach unit, soon after he arrived.

Already, the College of Engineering was sending students and faculty into the eight rural communities working with Archway. They were doing “wonderful work,” Young said, and he saw an opportunity to do the same with public health through pharmacy.

As a 2015-2016 Public Service and Outreach Faculty Fellow, he began Henry Young focusing on ways to use his expertise to provide solutions to critical issues facing Georgians.

The Pulaski County Archway community had needs that neatly matched Young’s research interests in underserved, rural populations. Like many small hospitals, Taylor Regional Hospital in Hawkinsville was struggling with patient readmissions and the accompanying financial penalties from the federal government.

In collaboration with Taylor Regional Hospital, Young proposed studying what causes patients diagnosed with COPD, pneumonia and congestive heart failure to return to the hospital. The findings could have lasting impacts for rural hospitals across Georgia.

“This was an opportunity to find something of great value to rural hospitals,” said Pulaski Archway Professional Michelle Elliott.

Wendy Zomlefer got fired up whenever she ventured out to the State Botanical Garden.

Accustomed to the sometimes abstract world of academic research, Zomlefer was swept up by the enthusiasm the public had for her studies in plant biology.

“I was doing all these activities (with the public) and getting immediate feedback,” she said. “If you have more direct contact with them, you realize how much they love what you do.They do love plants. They do love nature.

You kind of forget that when you’re lecturing in a class, the love people have for these topics.”

Zomlefer, the curator of UGA’s Wendy Zomlefer Herbarium and an associate professor of plant biology in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, got to work hand-in-hand with the State Botanical Garden last fall through a Public Service and Outreach Faculty fellowship. She led a number of projects, from public lectures and a two-day workshop on herbarium techniques to demonstrations for children and organization of the garden’s own herbarium collection.

Zomlefer saw the fellowship as an opportunity to explore the natural intersection of the garden and her work with the herbarium, which is a research collection of preserved plant specimens that have been pressed and mounted with label data. Her proposal focused on the integration of two campus units focused on the study of plants.

“It’s building a bridge,” Zomlefer said. “They know about me more and I know them more.”

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For a complete listing of events, check the Master Calendar on the Web (calendar.uga.edu­).

The following events are open to the public, unless otherwise specified. Dates, times and locations may change without advance notice.

UGAGUIDE

EXHIBITIONS

BFA Exit Exhibition II. Through April 29.

Lamar Dodd School of Art. Portraits of the Working Class: Trees.

Through May 1. Visitor Center’s Greatroom, State Botanical Garden.

706-542-6014, connicot@uga.edu .

Master of Fine Arts Degree Candidates.

Through May 1. Georgia Museum of Art. hazbrown@uga.edu .

David Ligare: California Classicist.

Through May 8. Georgia Museum of Art. hazbrown@uga.edu .

Frank Hartley Anderson: Forging the Southern Printmakers Society. Through June 19. Georgia Museum of Art. Refining Realities. Through June 19.

Georgia Museum of Art.

Alumnus, former Merrill Lynch CIO to discuss markets, investing

Seeing Georgia: Changing Visions of Tourism in the ­Modern South. Through July 30. Special collections libraries. ­706-542-5788, jhebbard@uga.edu .

MONDAY, APRIL 25 BLOOD DRIVES 2:30 p.m. Russell Hall and East Campus Village.

CONCERT The UGA Wind Symphony, directed

by Jaclyn Hartenberger, closes out its spring season. 8 p.m. Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall, Performing Arts Center.

706-542-4752, ccschwabe@uga.edu .

TUESDAY, APRIL 26 TUESDAY TOUR 2 p.m. Special collections libraries.

706-542-8079, jclevela@uga.edu .

CHARTER LECTURE “Preventing Nuclear Catastrophe in an Age of Terrorism: A Conversation with Bill Perry and Sam Nunn” will feature former Sen. Sam Nunn, CEO of the Nuclear Threat Initiative, and William Perry, former U.S. secretary of defense.

3:30 p.m. Special collections libraries auditorium. 706-542-0383, kcfite@uga.edu .

Center. The Integrative Conservation Brown Bag is open to anyone interested in learning more about local conservation activities. 12:20 p.m.

1-307 Forestry resources building. talleyv@uga.edu .

CONCERT The ASO will perform “A German Requiem” by Johannes Brahms. $25-$65.

8 p.m. Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall, Performing Arts Center. 706-542-4400.

THURSDAY, APRIL 28 TOWN HALL A campuswide town hall for faculty and staff to learn more about progress to date and to ask questions about the OneSource project. 10 a.m. K/L Georgia Center. (See Digest, page 3).

FULBRIGHT SCHOLAR RECEPTION AND FACULTY NETWORKING EVENT Attendees will hear about Fulbright experiences and network with others on campus. 4 p.m. Main conference room, Office of International Education building. 706-542-2900, brianw@uga.edu .

GUEST LECTURE “The Aspirational Investor: A Physicist Reflects on Financial Markets and Investing,” Ashvin B. Chhabra, president of Euclidean Capital. 3:30 p.m. 202 physics building.

706-542-2908, dlandau@physast.uga.edu (See story, above).

BASEBALL vs. Georgia Tech. $5-$8. 7 p.m. Foley Field. 706-542-1231.

STRING QUARTET RECITAL Students in the School of Music will perform. 3:30 p.m. Edge Recital Hall, Hugh Hodgson School of Music.

CONCERT The University Philharmonia. 8 p.m.

Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall, Performing Arts Center. 706-542-4752, ccschwabe@uga.edu .

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27 INTEGRATIVE CONSERVATION BROWN BAG Featuring Gil Rogers, senior attorney and leader of the Clean Water Program at the Southern Environmental Law

UNIVERSITY COUNCIL MEETING 3:30 p.m. Tate Student Center Theatre.

706-542-6020, hathcote@uga.edu .

GUEST LECTURE Artist David Ligare will discuss his work and the exhibition David Ligare: California Classicist. 5:30 p.m. Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-4662, hazbrown@uga.edu .

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By Alan Flurry

aflurry@uga.edu

The physics and astronomy department in UGA’s Franklin College of Arts and Sciences will welcome alumnus Ashvin Chhabra, former chief investment officer for Merrill Lynch, back to campus to present a guest lecture.

Chhabra’s lecture, “The Aspirational Investor: A Physicist Reflects on Financial Markets and Investing,” will be held April 28 at 3:30 p.m. in Room 202 of the physics building.

Co-sponsored by the Center for Simulational Physics and the physics and astronomy department, the lecture is open free to the public.

The stock market crash of 2008 brought to the forefront questions about the stability of financial markets: Are financial markets stable? Was the crash an unexpected aberration? How should individual investors invest over a lifetime? Why are otherwise smart people such lousy investors? What does Modern Portfolio Theory tell us about investing, and where does it fail?

Does behavioral finance capture investor mistakes correctly?

Answering these questions from a physicist’s viewpoint, Chhabra leads to a new framework for investing that extends Modern Portfolio Theory to incorporate large deviations such as bubbles and crashes. The colloquium will not assume prior knowledge of the subject matter and is instead aimed at an audience with a variety of backgrounds.

Chhabra is president of Euclidean Capital and manages the endowment for the Simons Foundation. He was CIO of Merrill Lynch Wealth Management and CIO for the Institute for Advanced Study. He received a bachelor’s degree in physics in 1982 from St. Stephen’s College in New Delhi, India; a master’s degree in physics from UGA in 1984; and a doctorate from Yale University in applied physics in 1989.

CONCERT The Bulldog Brass Society, the UGA Hugh Hodgson School of Music’s premier brass quintet, will perform one of the School of Music’s last concerts of the spring. 8 p.m. Edge Recital Hall, Hugh Hodgson School of Music.

706-542-4752, ccschwabe@uga.edu .

FRIDAY, APRIL 29 ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONALS DAY CONFERENCE The Georgia Center for Continuing Education will join with the International Association of Administrative Professionals in celebrating the office professionals who make offices work. To include professional development activities. $189; $125 for a half day and lunch.

8 a.m. Georgia Center. 706-542-3537, questions@georgiacenter.uga.edu .

MORNING MINDFULNESS A guided mindfulness meditation practice in spaces throughout the museum.

Each session includes instructor-led meditation followed by a period of reflection and discussion. Stools without backs are provided; attendees should bring a cushion if desired. Register by calling 706-542-0448 or emailing branew@uga.edu. 9:30 a.m. Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-4662, hazbrown@uga.edu .

INTERNATIONAL COFFEE HOUR 11:30 a.m. Memorial Hall ballroom.

706-542-5867, cheeia@uga.edu .

ALUMNI SEMINAR: UGA NEWSMAKERS This annual three-day educational gathering for UGA alumni and friends will go from April 29 through May 1. This year’s program highlights UGA newsmakers, individuals whose work has been in

national and international headlines, including keynote speaker, journalist and 1982 alumna Deborah Roberts. $290. kcfite@uga.edu .

ANDREA CARSON COLEY LECTURE Presented by Mollie Blackburn, a professor in the teaching and learning department at Ohio State University.

Blackburn’s research focuses on literacy, language and social change, with particular attention to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning youth and the teachers who serve them. 12:30 p.m. Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-2846, tlhat@uga.edu (See story, page 2).

GALLERY DISCUSSION Artist David Ligare will lead a discussion of poet Robinson Jeffers’ influence on his paintings. This event is part of the Big Read, a celebration of Jeffers’ work. 2 p.m. Georgia Museum of Art. cahnmann@uga.edu CHEMISTRY ALUMNI LECTURE The UGA chemistry department’s annual alumni lecture will be presented by Mildred Dresselhaus, a professor at MIT, who will discuss “Nanoscience in Our Future.” 4 p.m. 400 chemistry building. maduncan@uga.edu CONCERT One of the UGA Hugh Hodgson School of Music’s newest ensembles, Lineage Percussion presents its unique sound and style in an end-of-semester concert. 6 p.m. Ramsey Concert Hall, Performing Arts Center. 706-542-4752, ccschwabe@uga.edu SOFTBALL vs. Ole Miss. 6 p.m. Jack Turner Stadium. 706-542-1621.

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CONCERT A performance by the UGA Concert Band and University Band. 8 p.m. Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall, Performing Arts Center. 706-542-4752, ccschwabe@uga.edu

SATURDAY, APRIL 30 FAMILY DAY This month’s program will connect Robinson Jeffers’ Big Sur nature poetry with the paintings and drawings it inspired in the exhibition David Ligare: California Classicist. Children and families are invited to bring a copy of their favorite nature poem from home or write their own poem at the museum, then create a decorative frame for it using natural materials. 10 a.m. Georgia Museum of Art. cahnmann@uga.edu SOFTBALL vs. Ole Miss. 2 p.m. Jack Turner Stadium. 706-542-1621.

SUNDAY, MAY 1 SOFTBALL vs. Ole Miss. 2 p.m. Jack Turner Stadium. 706-542-1621.

MONDAY, MAY 2 SPRING SEMESTER CLASSES END WILLIAM A. OWENS LECTURE “Mindfulness Enters the Mainstream: Overview and the Case of the Human Service Professions,” Robert Roeser a mindfulness expert and professor at Portland State University. 1 p.m.

Room F/G, Georgia Center.

706-542-2983, jshaikun@uga.edu ENGINEERING SENIOR DESIGN SHOWCASE The Senior Design Showcase is the culmination of intensive senior capstone design courses that connect fourth-year engineering students with industry partners to accomplish innovative, realworld projects. 1:30 p.m. Grand Hall, Tate Student Center. 706-870-5166, mwooten@uga.edu PROMOTION AND TENURE RECOGNITION CEREMONY A ceremony hosted by the Office of the Provost and the Office of the President honoring faculty members being promoted to professor and clinical professor. Invitation only. 6 p.m. Magnolia Ballroom, Georgia Center. staciaf@uga.edu POETRY READING The Creative Writing Program will host poet Brian Blanchfield for a reading.

7 p.m. Athica Athens Institute, 160 Tracy St. 706-542-2659, cwp@uga.edu

COMING UP READING DAY May 3.

SPRING SEMESTER FINAL EXAMS May 4-10.

STAFF COUNCIL MEETING May 4. 2:30 p.m. 207 Miller Learning Center.

NEXT COLUMNS DEADLINES May 11 (for May 23 issue) June 1 (for June 13 issue) June 15 (for June 27 issue)

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Debbie Murray, who has served as associate dean for extension and outreach at UGA’s College of Family and Consumer Sciences since 2012, has received the Jeanne M. Priester Award for exemplary, impactful leadership in the area of health and wellness.

Murray was presented the Debbie Murray award April 8 at the National Health Outreach Conference in Roanoke, Virginia.

The Priester Award is given in memory of Jeanne M. Priester, a leader in advancing health education within the Cooperative Extension system during her tenure at the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Murray helps the family and consumer college fulfill its land-grant university mission of providing Georgia’s residents, businesses and communities access to quality outreach educational experiences and the institution’s knowledge base. She also helps lead the universitywide Obesity Initiative, working to assemble teams of specialists, agents and faculty from across campus to provide training, outreach and research to address the issue.

Dan Nadenicek, dean of UGA’s College of Environment and Design, was awarded the distinction of Fellow of the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture at the organization’s annual conference in March. Membership in the academy is limited to five individuals per year and nominations Dan Nadenicek and elections are conducted by CELA Fellows with assistance from the CELA board of directors.

Nadenicek has served the College of Environment and Design since 2008 and holds the Draper Chair in Landscape Architecture. In addition to leading the college, which is ranked in the top five schools of landscape architecture in the country by Design Intelligence magazine, he has taught numerous classes, published extensively and sits on several boards across the country, including as current president of the board of the Library of American Landscape History. He serves as co-editor of Landscape Journal, the scholarly publication of CELA. He will be overseeing the new doctorate program in environmental planning and design at UGA, which was approved by the board of regents this past fall.

CELA is an international organization of institutions composed of virtually all the programs of higher learning in landscape architecture in the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

Joni Taylor, head coach of the women’s basketball team, recently added to her 2015-2016 accolades by earning the Advocates for Athletic Equity Women’s Basketball Newcomer Coach of the Year Award.

The latest honor adds to a long list of accomplishment’s for UGA’s first-year head coach. Taylor was named the 2016 Maggie Dixon NCAA National Rookie Coach of the Year, was selected as the 2016 Whack Hyder Georgia College Coach of the Year by the Atlanta Tipoff Club and was recently honored by the Atlanta alumnae chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority as a 2016 Celebration of Women Honoree.

Taylor led the women’s basketball team to a 20-win season that was highlighted by five wins against ranked opponents and a return trip to the NCAA tournament. Among the 64-team tournament field, Taylor was the only first-year head coach to lead her team to the “Big Dance.”

Kudos recognizes special contributions of staff, faculty and administrators in teaching, research and service. News items are limited to election into office of state, regional, national and international societies; major awards and prizes; and similarly notable accomplishments.

CAMPUS CLOSEUP

Dorothy Kozlowski

Chase Cook, program coordinator for the Sustainable Forestry Initiative Georgia, based out of UGA’s Warnell School, likes to get people thinking about how natural resources relate to everyday products.

Coordinator connects dots between resource usage and sustainability

By Leigh Beeson lbeeson@uga.edu

Chase Cook was always interested in natural resources. He just didn’t always know that it was a potential career choice.

Growing up on a small farm in Warner Robins, Cook enjoyed his rural upbringing, which guided his initial career interests. Those interests shifted to forestry as a sophomore at UGA when a random conversation with soon-to-graduate students from the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources opened his eyes to opportunities “out in the woods.”

Soon after, Cook began pursing a water and soil resources major within Warnell.

After graduating from UGA, he worked for Temple Inland, first as a procurement and harvesting technician in northeast and west Georgia and later as a land management forester in northwest Georgia. Next, Cook found himself in a temporary, interesting detour working part time as a research assistant for the Flint River Water Policy and Planning Center in Albany.

This path led to higher education and getting a master’s degree in applied economics, which in turn led to a senior analyst position with the U.S. Government Accountability Office—first in Washington D.C., and then in Atlanta.

He and his wife and children made a home base in Athens, with him commuting to his job in Atlanta and elsewhere.

He enjoyed civil service, but the Atlanta commute took its toll and his desire to refocus on natural resources were always in the background.

Although his “career path appears to have wandered around a bit,” he found himself with a unique skill set suited to an opportunity to serve as the coordinator for Georgia-based efforts of the Sustainable Forestry Initiative, a position housed at UGA. The SFI is a nonprofit organization that works to increase sustainable practices in land and resource management and usage. On behalf of the Georgia SFI Implementation Committee, Cook coordinates a statewide logger education program, outreach to family forest landowners and education on numerous wildlife and natural resource-related topics.

Cook’s favorite part of the job is “connecting the dots for people” when it comes to relating everyday products they couldn’t or wouldn’t want to go without back to natural resource management.The production of toilet paper, notebooks, and furniture, for example, can’t happen without harvesting trees.

He also enjoys connecting people who ordinarily might not have the same perspective on natural resource-related issues, such as loggers and people from conservation organizations, and getting them to understand mutual needs.

As the Georgia coordinator, he meets with large landowners, forest products companies, and forestry and natural resources state agency representatives

FACTS

Chase Cook Program Coordinator Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources M.S., Applied Economics, Montana State University, 2006 B.S., Forestry and Natural Resources, UGA, 2000 At UGA: 2 1/2 years

to discuss the promotion of sustainable forestry principles and how SFI efforts can be improved.

It’s important for people to understand that healthy markets are a vital tool for healthy forest stewardship, Cook said.

“I think from an early age, myself included, we’ve got this idea that it would be fantastic if we never needed to cut down a tree,” an idea that is unrealistic, Cook said. “And I think the misunderstanding therein lies in the nature of nature. It’s not static. Left alone, natural environments don’t reach some parklike plateau condition, never changing thereafter. Nature doesn’t work that way, even in the absence of people.

“We can provide for the material needs of society today and in the future while still balancing the health of natural systems,” he also said. “It’s just a matter of understanding what you’re dealing with and doing a good job with the management and balance.”

DIVISION OF STUDENT AFFAIRS

Jared Pacileo named senior coordinator for Greek Life

By Stan Jackson ugastan@uga.edu

Jared Pacileo has been named senior coordinator for Greek Life and advisor to the Interfraternity Council at UGA. Pacileo’s appointment is effective June 1.

“We are so excited to welcome Jared to the Greek Life team,” said Claudia Shamp, director of Greek Life. “He offers exceptional skill in leadership development, group facilitation and judicial processes.”

“I am excited to work at a university that strongly supports its students in all aspects,” Pacileo said. “During my graduate work, I have seen some of the rewards and challenges of serving such

a large community of students in fraternity and sorority life, and I am looking forward to this new experience in Athens.”

Greek Life, a department within the Division of StuJared Pacileo dent Affairs, provides fraternities and sororities with educational programs and services that create, promote and foster a learning community.

The Interfraternity Council is one of five self-governing and self-supported leadership councils for UGA’s Greek-lettered organizations, along

with the Greek Council, Multicultural Greek Council, National Pan-Hellenic Council and Panhellenic Council. The councils coordinate events, provide educational programs and establish communitywide policies for their member organizations.

In addition to advising IFC, its executive board and 26 fraternities as well as managing IFC’s budget, Pacileo will coordinate the IFC recruitment program; serve as a university liaison with chapter advisors, house corporations, local and community stakeholders, alumni and national organizations; serve as the primary contact for fundraising efforts for IFC; and work cooperatively with the staff advisors and student leaders of the other councils.

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Export control

Export compliance officer discusses balancing national security and international engagement

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Dan Runge UGA’s export compliance officer Dorothy Kozlowski

By Terry Marie Hastings thasting@uga.edu

When you hear “export control regulations,” your mind might conjure up images of professors behind bars for disclosing national secrets. Or, it could be an image of bewildering forms covered with government legal jargon. Neither is an attractive option.

But neither need be the case, said Dan Runge, UGA’s export compliance officer, who in 2014 joined the Office of Research Compliance in the Office of the Vice President for Research, to assure that UGA and its researchers can continue growing its international engagement while reducing the risk of violating national security concerns.

Chris King, associate vice president for research compliance, acknowledges that the regulation of export controls is an exceedingly complex area, in large part because it is governed by three different federal agencies with overlapping—and sometime contradictory—rules and guidance.

“A few years ago, we realized that UGA’s burgeoning international engagement in research, teaching and outreach along with an expanding scope of research in engineering, biological, agricultural, veterinary and marine sciences was creating export control risks,” King said.

A 2013 study commissioned by Vice President for Research David Lee confirmed those risks and paved the way for a set of recommendations to mitigate the institution’s risk while minimizing the burden to researchers and others.

The key recommendation of the study was to dedicate a staff resource—an export compliance professional—to develop

“user-friendly” control procedures and implement these in a way that supports compliance while not impeding research and business activities.

Before coming to UGA, Runge worked in law school admissions at Texas Tech University School of Law and as a prosecutor in Kansas state court. His bachelor’s degree in history; a law degree from the University of Kansas; and a Master of Laws in International Law, with an emphasis in international trade and business, from the University of San Diego, prepared him to deal with the intricacies of export control law in UGA’s academic and research environment.

“Dan has the perfect balance of technical knowledge, abilities in project management and interpersonal skills to be successful in building UGA’s export compliance program,” King said.

Runge has been instrumental in building awareness of export controls and, in addition to creating right-sized policies and procedures, he has created a campuswide network of knowledgeable individuals who serve as “eyes and ears” in proactively and cohesively managing UGA’s export control obligations.

He explained his job to Columns.

Columns: In a nutshell, what is export compliance?

Runge: Export compliance assures that research limited to participation by U.S. persons only, access to equipment limited to U.S. persons only and exports of equipment or information comply with federal law.

Columns: What does export compliance mean for UGA researchers?

WEEKLY READER

Book makes modern physics accessible

Atoms and Photons and Quanta, Oh My! Ask the Physicist About Atomic, Nuclear, and Quantum Physics

By F. Todd Baker IOP Concise Physics Paperback: $20 Ebook: $16

Atoms, Photons and Quanta, Oh My! is the second book in the Ask the Physicist series by F. Todd Baker, UGA professor emeritus of nuclear physics. The main emphasis of this volume is providing an accessible introduction to “modern physics,” including quantum physics, atomic physics and nuclear physics to anyone with at least high-school physics knowledge.

The book is based on the author’s website, http://www. askthephysicist.com, which is aimed at general readers who are curious about how physics explains the workings of the world. The answers emphasize concepts over formalism, and the mathematics is kept to a minimum.

The book begins with an introduction to the nature of light to provide a foundation to understand quanta, photons and atoms.

Runge: Export compliance is not a bar to research or international activities. The researcher and his or her lab will simply need to follow guidelines from the Export Control Office related to access to restricted research or equipment, or travel to sanctioned or embargoed countries. The Export Control Office facilitates university activities in a way that limits risks and burdens on the UGA community.

Runge: That’s right. The fundamental research exclusion is available except when foreign national participation and/or certain publication limitations are applicable. While these restrictions are generally the exception, the Export Control Office will be available to facilitate compliance. Research equipment, in limited circumstances, may still be subject to controls even when engaging in fundamental research.

Columns: When should a researcher worry?

What about travel?

Runge: Export control has an impact on UGA research when sponsored research includes limitations on foreign national participation or publication for national security or proprietary reasons. Research without these restrictions is considered “fundamental research” and is excluded from control. However, “fundamental research” may still be subject to control if it involves the export, even temporarily, of controlled equipment, or access to or use of controlled equipment by foreign nationals.

Controlled items will have dual commercial and military use or be a defense article or service with distinct defense applications.

Export controls have an impact on international travel when university equipment or research information is taken abroad, if the equipment or research is export controlled.

Additionally, economic sanctions may limit travel to and activities in certain destinations, such as Cuba, Iran and Sudan, or transactions with certain sanctioned parties.

Columns: Are UGA researchers the only ones who need to be concerned?

Runge: At the outset of building the export control compliance program, the focus was on research efforts. It rapidly became apparent that this was a universitywide issue that created potential risks and responsibilities in many academic departments as well as units as diverse as EITS, Biosafety, Sponsored Projects, Office of Legal Affairs, Technology Commercialization, Procurement, Accounts Payable, International Education and HR, among others. The Export Control Office has worked with these units to raise awareness and implement process as needed.

Columns: It sounds like most of the research conducted at UGA is excluded from these controls.

Columns: Is export compliance a “when in doubt, call us” kind of thing?

Runge: Yes. There are no dumb questions when it comes to export controls or sanctions compliance.

The Export Control Office is receptive to questions and willing to discuss concerns.

To find out more, contact the Export Compliance Office at 706-542-4188, email me at drunge@uga.edu or visit http://research.uga. edu/export-control.

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Columns staff can be reached at 706-542-8017 or columns@uga.edu

Editor Juliett Dinkins Art Director Janet Beckley

LGBT Resource Center refreshes website

Photo Editor Dorothy Kozlowski

lgbt.uga.edu

The LGBT Resource Center is a place for LGBTQ-identified students and their allies to find community, support and developmental resources at UGA. The department’s newly redesigned website offers programs for engagement and discussion, registration for the popular “Safe Space” program, as well as

Senior Reporter Aaron Hale

numerous resources and opportunities for academic scholarship.

“The university community offers a lot of resources and support for LGBTQ students, and the new website makes it easy to discover these offerings,” said Stan Jackson, director of communications for the Division of Student Affairs.

Reporter Matt Chambers The University of Georgia is committed to principles of equal opportunity and affirmative action.

The University of Georgia is a unit of the University System of Georgia.

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DIVISION OF STUDENT AFFAIRS

Andrew Davis Tucker

Alpha Chi Omega sisters walk the Survivors Lap with their house mother, Donna, at the start of UGA Relay for Life. The event raised more than $177,000 to combat cancer.

More than 2,000 students take part in 17th annual UGA Relay for Life

By Stan Jackson ugastan@uga.edu

More than 2,000 students participated in the 17th annual UGA Relay for Life overnight from April 15-16 at the intramural fields. The night culminated with the announcement that the student fundraising teams had raised a total of $177,226.74 toward this year’s campaign.

The UGA event is notable for being Relay’s first event organized by, led by and composed entirely of college students. The student group is an affiliate of Relay for Life that is registered with UGA Student Affairs’ Center for Student Organizations.

UGA Relay has raised more than $3 million for the American Cancer Society since the first relay in 1999 and annually ranks as one of the top collegiate relays in the nation.

For Lauren Glenn and Emily Moller, members of the group’s executive board, the effort is personal.

“My family has lost loved ones to cancer,” Glenn said. “I relay for them and for those

out there still fighting.”

“At Relay, we have a tradition where we ask anyone who has had cancer to stand,” Moller said. “Then we ask anyone with a family member who has had cancer to stand, and then anyone who knows someone with cancer—by that point, everyone is standing.

This impacts everyone.”

Relay for Life is a national nonprofit organization benefiting the American Cancer Society. Local events are held at schools and in communities across the country each spring in which participants walk around tracks, play games, enjoy music and food, and recognize and celebrate individuals and families touched by cancer.

Notable features of most Relay events are a Survivors Lap in which survivors celebrate their victories over cancer while participants congratulate them, a luminaria ceremony during which candles are lit in honor of those lost to cancer and in support of individuals whose fights continue, and a Fight Back Ceremony that inspires participants to take action.

Bulletin Board Learning technologies grants

The Center for Teaching and Learning is accepting proposals until April 29 for its 2016-2017 Learning Technologies Grants Program.

Projects must focus on the innovative use of technology to assist students in meeting the educational objectives of their academic programs. For fiscal year 2017, projects that employ the use of Open Education Resources and “flipping the classroom”/active-learning models are especially encouraged as well as projects with a focus on experiential learning and student success.

Grant award recipients will be announced by June 15. Funds will be disbursed as soon as possible during FY17.

Complete details about the program, including proposal requirements, are at http://www.ctl.uga.edu/ltg .

Send questions about the program to Eddie Watson, CTL director, at edwatson@uga.edu.

Family communication study

Researchers in the psychology department are conducting a study to learn more about how families communicate about emotions in their marital and parenting relationships.

Those eligible to participate in the study must be married and have a child between the ages of 7-11. Participation in the study will involve completing questionnaires at home and a one-time

campus visit of one to two hours to the psychology building. Both parents and the child are required to attend the session together. Participating families will receive $75.

Call 706-542-1299 or email ugamarriagelab@gmail.com for more information.

Breast cancer survivors study

The HEELS Study (Healthy Eating, Mindfulness, Exercise and Lifestyle in Breast Cancer Survivors) is recruiting breast cancer survivors for a study.

There is an immediate need for female breast cancer survivors age 50 or older with a body mass index of 25 or greater (overweight or obese) who are able to perform moderate-intensity exercise (like brisk walking).

Participants may be asked to attend study sessions at the UGA Health Sciences Campus once a week for eight weeks.

Participants will receive an incentive valued at $185 for completing the study.

Those interested in participating in the study should call the Clinical and Translational Research Unit front desk at 706-713-2721 and leave a message.

For questions about the study, call Lilian Sattler at 706-542-1040.

Bulletin Board is limited to information that may pertain to a majority of faculty and staff members.

“The ultimate goal of the Terry College of Business is to nurture well-rounded, successful students who can positively contribute to our state and nation,” said Benjamin C. Ayers, dean of the Terry College. “The creative and supportive programing of the Terry Women’s Initiative helps to further prepare our students to be the absolute best they can be. I am extremely grateful to Betsy Camp for creating and funding this dynamic and ambitious program.”

Through the initiative, students can attend roundtable discussions with successful businesswomen, join book clubs, attend lectures, connect with alumni and employers, and more. Interested students also can join the program’s Listserv to learn about upcoming events and opportunities.

Senior Vice President for Academic

Affairs and Provost Pamela Whitten said the Terry Women’s Initiative aligns with the campuswide Women’s Leadership Initiative that she and President Jere W. Morehead launched last year. The campuswide initiative has addressed issues such as recruitment and hiring, created the Women’s Leadership Fellows Program for faculty and sponsored events such as a summit on women in agriculture that drew participants from 13 states to campus.

“The fact that many of the University of Georgia’s schools and colleges have made leadership development a priority bodes well for the future of our state and nation,” Whitten said. “Betsy Camp’s support of the Terry Women’s Initiative adds to the university’s momentum and will have a transformative impact on tomorrow’s leaders.”

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from page 1 This project may help clarify that picture.”

Two opposing deep ocean currents collide at Cape Hatteras, making the Atlantic Ocean near there highly dynamic. Observation can be challenging in the area.

“It’s difficult to get enough instruments in the water because conditions change rapidly over short distances, and it’s hard to keep them there because conditions are rough,” Savidge said. “Ships work nicely for many of these measurements, but frequently, the ships get chased to shore because of bad weather.”

To overcome the limitations of ship-based work, the research team will use a combination of shore- and ocean-based instruments to record the movement and characteristics of the streams of water. A system of high-frequency radar stations will monitor surface currents on the continental shelf all the way out to the shoreward edge of the Gulf Stream, providing real-time maps of surface currents.

Edwards will lead a robotic observational component in which pairs of autonomous underwater vehicles called gliders will patrol the shelf to the north and south of Cape Hatteras.

To compensate for the notoriously difficult conditions, Edwards will take advantage of a novel glider navigation system she developed with students and collaborators at Georgia Tech that automatically adjusts the glider mission based on ocean forecasts as well as data collected in real time.

The project will run through March 2020.

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and the immune system to lay the foundation for new vaccines and treatments for whooping cough and other communicable respiratory diseases.

Stephen Trent joined the College of Veterinary Medicine as the UGA Foundation Distinguished Professor in Infectious Diseases. His research explores how environmental stimuli promote changes in microbial structures found on the surface of pathogenic bacteria. Through this research, Trent is developing methods to use bacteria to improve the efficacy of vaccines for diseases such as influenza, pertussis, cholera and HPV. Esther van der Knaap, a professor of horticulture in the Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics, is exploring the regulation of fruit shape and size in tomatoes as well as in peppers. Much of her research focuses on the molecular genetic mechanisms of cell division and cell size underlying fruit formation, and her work seeks to help boost the yield and quality of fruit and vegetable crops for the agricultural industry.

Like Rohani, van der Knaap said she was drawn to UGA by opportunities to collaborate with existing faculty members who are doing related work.

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new class of composite materials. These new materials will offer combinations that represent expanded possibilities in modern diagnosis and drug delivery within the human body.

“In the CAREER project, I aim to develop a bio-inspired assembly technology called nano-dendrimer to allow specific numbers of nanoparticles to cluster into higher nanostructures, which is challenging for conventional assembly methods,” Xie said. “Our method involves ferritin, which is a protein nanocage that can be engineered through either chemical or genetic methods.

We hope the approach will also find wide applications in drug delivery, imaging, tissue engineering and catalysis.”

Xie arrived at UGA after postdoctoral appointments at the National Institutes of Health and Stanford University. He was awarded his doctorate from Brown University in 2008.

“Jin Xie’s selection for an NSF CAREER Award places him among an elite group of young analytical chemists in the U.S.,” said Jonathan Amster, professor and head of the chemistry department. “I fully expect that Jin will garner more awards in the future, given the trajectory of his research accomplishments as an assistant professor.”

CAREER grants allow young faculty members to solidify their research programs and progress toward scholarly publishing.

“Many of my faculty colleagues here in the building are doing work that’s very similar to what I do, just on different systems with a different set of questions,” she said, noting that faculty members in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences’ Center for Applied Genetic Technologies have expertise in techniques such as genotyping and microscopy. “That not only benefits my research program, but also provides opportunities for graduate students and postdocs.”

UGA President Jere W. Morehead and Provost Pamela Whitten emphasized that recruiting and retaining faculty members remain a key priority, with a Presidential Informatics Hiring Initiative currently underway to bring multiple faculty members to campus whose research has implications for health, cybersecurity and a number of other fields.

“We have attracted through recent hiring initiatives some of the nation’s leading scholars and scientists to the University of Georgia,” Morehead said. “As the institution’s research capacity expands so does our capacity to make a positive difference on the world around us.”

WRITERS from page 1 Blount is a writer, humorist and journalist. In his second book, Crackers, published by the UGA Press, Blount delved into the presidency of fellow Georgian Jimmy Carter and offers political commentary.

Cheney was a 20th-century novelist, political speechwriter and essayist from the wiregrass region of South Georgia. During a writing career that spanned four decades (1939-69), Cheney published four novels

that depicted the social transformation of South Georgia between 1870 and 1960.

Lumpkin was a sociologist, activist, teacher and writer who spent a lifetime studying and combating economic and racial oppression. As a member of a prominent Georgia family and the daughter of a veteran, the Macon native was inculcated in the cultural mythologies of the Lost Cause and white supremacy.